How the Clinton Camp Brushed Off Bill de Blasio and His Progressive Advocacy How the Clinton Camp Brushed Off Bill de Blasio and His Progressive Advocacy
E-mails reveal the response to the mayor’s prodding to focus on inequality and economic fairness was a dismissive: “Should we care about this?”
Oct 13, 2016 / John Nichols
Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Donald Trump’s Apocalypse Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Whatever happens in November, the forecast is more stormy weather ahead.
Oct 13, 2016 / John Feffer
At Least 6 Women Have Accused Trump of Sexual Misconduct—How Many More Will Come Forward? At Least 6 Women Have Accused Trump of Sexual Misconduct—How Many More Will Come Forward?
Trump’s misogyny was always in plain view, but now the campaign faces the possibility of daily accusations.
Oct 13, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Trump Is Tricking You About His Tax Plan Trump Is Tricking You About His Tax Plan
He’s pretending to be tough on the wealthy while sliding them massive benefits.
Oct 13, 2016 / George Zornick
Donald Trump’s ‘Great Respect for Women’ Donald Trump’s ‘Great Respect for Women’
Katha Pollitt on Trump, D.D. Guttenplan on the campaigns in Ohio, and Gary Younge on children killed by guns.
Oct 13, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Will a New Secretary General Invigorate the UN? Will a New Secretary General Invigorate the UN?
To the disappointment of many UN watchers, the next secretary general will be a man—and a Western European. But he is a passionate defender of human rights and humanitarianism...
Oct 13, 2016 / Barbara Crossette
Hot-Mic Tape Brings Late-Inning Defections Hot-Mic Tape Brings Late-Inning Defections
The tape set some Republican Endorsers to revising Their stand on Trump, as if it showed Them anything surprising. When boy to boy, The Donald brags Of women he’d “seduced,” Surpri…
Oct 13, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Rise of a Cooperatively Owned Internet The Rise of a Cooperatively Owned Internet
Platform cooperativism gets a boost.
Oct 13, 2016 / Nathan Schneider
The American Social Safety Net Does Not Exist The American Social Safety Net Does Not Exist
After welfare reform, poor people were supposed to be able to find work. Not all of them could—and then the jobs disappeared.
Oct 13, 2016 / Feature / Monica Potts
Puzzle No. 3411 Puzzle No. 3411
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Feathers going the other way (4) 3 Political cartoonist admitting pointer to Canada’s leader is not disseminated v…
Oct 13, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto